Nationals Journal: November 21, 2010 - November 27, 2010

Danny Espinosa to have hand surgery, out six weeks

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa, the leading candidate to win the starting position out of spring training, hurt his hand playing winter ball in Puerto Rico and will require six weeks to fully heal, according to a release from the...

By Adam Kilgore  | November 23, 2010; 7:34 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (22)
 
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Adam Dunn and free agency: the Nationals' strategy and its risks

Today is one of those deadline days in baseball's offseason. By today, teams must offer one-year arbitration to their Type A and Type B free agents in order to ensure they will receive draft pick compensation if one of those...

By Adam Kilgore  | November 23, 2010; 9:28 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (85)
Categories:  Adam Dunn  
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Ryan Zimmerman deserved better in MVP voting

When Felix Hernandez won the Cy Young on Thursday, writers and pundits across the Internet, including me, hailed the award not only as a victory for Hernandez, but also the proliferation of advanced statistical measures in baseball's mainstream. Today's National...

By Adam Kilgore  | November 22, 2010; 4:12 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (37)
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Nationals finish Arizona Fall League with a win of their own

The Scottsdale Scorpions were a collection of prospects from five different major league teams, but looking over the highlights of their 3-2 victory Saturday in the Arizona Fall League championship game, it would have been had to tell. Nationals players...

By Adam Kilgore  | November 21, 2010; 10:10 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (10)
 
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